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ROBERT KRAUSE, Business Manager
SEYMOUR TILCHIN, President
GEORGE WEISWASSER, Editor-in-Chief
Vol. 49, No. 32
CHARLES TAUB, - Advertising Manager
Friday, August $, 1947 (AB 22, 5707)
The Issue in Palestine
The question on Palestine, in view of
events of the past week, has gone far be-
yond the issue of whether or not the Irgun
was justified in executing its two British
hostages as retaliation for the hangings of
three Jewish partisans.
The question is rather this: Has Britain
become so deeply involved in Palestine that
to save face she will impose harsh punitive
measures in a counter-reprisal that will only
evoke new retaliation from the extremists?
Within the next few days, the British
empire will turn tail despite two centuries
of dominion and will ignominiously depart
from India.
Facing a financial crisis, the empire is
beginning to call in its forces from Greece
and Italy and is contemplating the reduc-
tion of its complements in Germany.
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Yet, Britain, incongruously enough, has
made no plans to withdraw a single soldier
from Palestine. About 100,000 fully-armed
men remain in the tiny country because of
British stubbornness and British bungling.
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver put it pointedly
when he charged that the British forces are
being used by Foreign Secretary Bevin "to
impose a blind and blundering policy upon
Palestine which he knows cannot be en-
forced.
"That policy," Dr. Silver warned, "must
be quickly abandoned before anarchy
sweeps over the Holy Land."
As long as Palestine remains a battlefield
and Britain renounces justice for appease-
ment and vainglory, there will be acts of
violence and Britain will be to blame for
all of them. •
"Lawlessness breeds lawlessness," said
Dr. Silver. "It has led to violence, resent-
ment, punishment, reprisal and counter-
reprisal, to the creation of a Jewish under-
ground movement which Jewish authorities
are unable to control and to hooliganism on
the part of British troops which the Pales-
tine government seems to be unable to con-
trol."
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DETROIT 26, MICH.
Semitism one tittle through the centuries.
Let a great churchman rise and advocate
the promulgation of a doctrine specifically
branding anti-Semitism as a sin against God
and against fellow-man and let such a dogma
be incorporated in the canons of the church.
Not until then shall we see the ebbing of the
scourge of anti-Semitism.
Neither we, nor Rabbi Rosenblum, we are
certain, wish.to depreciate the zeal and good
works of the National Conference of Chris-
tians and Jews. We regret, however, that
the Conference often appears to be speaking
for a small segment and with no official
authority.
Social groups like the Conference are a
blessing, but if anti-Semitism is to decrease,
the church itself must lead the way with
the beneficent step we advocate.
Wald N." Uonow
Briton Versus Jew
A psychologist would go mad attempting
to reconcile the different reactions on the
Palestine executions and their aftermath.
He probably would decide that it is a mat-
ter of which side of the fence you're on,
YOUNG ISRAEL PLEASED
4 PROM EX-PUBLISHER
and let it go at that.
Mr. Seymour Tilchin,
For what have we here? Britons, a sup- Seymour Tilchin, Pres.,
Detroit Jewish Chronicle,
posedly impassive race, run riot in the Detroit Jewish Chronicle,
Detroit, Michigan.
streets of Tel Aviv and murder innocent Detroit, Mich.
passersby in a passion of revenge—and Dear Seymour:
Dear Sir:
there is none to cry shame!
I learned through the columns
The July 25 issue of the
American newspapers report these savage Chronicle just arrived, and it of your newspaper that the man-
attacks its a minor story on page one or was with great pleasure that I agement of the Detroit Jewish
bury the story inside the paper—and the read about your taking over the Chronicle had passed into your
hands and those of the editor.
management of the paper.
papers' editorials fail to cry shame! •
In Palestine, Jewish youths, goaded be- I feel that your experience The officers, directors and
yond endurance, execute two soldiers they and leadership in the community membership of Young Israel of
consider their enemies, also in a fit of re- and your training ably fit you Detroit join me in extending to
your new endeavor.
you both sincere best wishes and
venge, and the civilized world recoils in in To
me as the former publisher, congratulations in this endeavor.
horror. This time it is two Britons who this new
step you have taken
know that this step means
are slain, not two refugees and an Ameri- will mean only one thing—the We definite
gain for the Detroit
can sailor on the Exodus 1947, murdered Chronicle is bound to go from a Jewish community,
in the wel-
by British bludgeons; not three Jewish strength to strength. The com- fare of which we are all deeply
fighters hanged while ,the whole land begged munity of Detroit needs a fear- concerned.
for mercy; not five peaceful citizens of Tel less, unbiased, trained person
Sincerely yours,
Aviv, mowed down by British barbarians in like yourself to head an estab-
CHARLES T. GELLMAN,
lished publication similar to the
armored trucks.
President.
Chronicle which has always
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sought to work for the interest
Two Britons are dead and the whole of all Jewry without subsidiza-
world is horrified!
tion.
If Britain will end its acts Of provocation
MAIMONIDES THANKS
Eight hundred perished on the Struma I also desire to express
such as the deportation and slaying of de- because of British callousness, but the world sentiments about your edi -in-
chief, George Weiswasser, whom Dear Editor:
spairing refugees and will respect its obli- shrugged that off.
I consider the most outstanding,
I wish to extend my sincere
gations under the mandate, the attacks will
Six million were slaughtered on the altar editor of all Anglo-Jewish news- appreciation for your cooperation
stop and peace will come to an unhappy of Christian civilization, but few were con- papers in the United States.
during the past year in accepting
With best wishes to you and the publicity for the Women's
land.
The United Nations committee certainly cerned.
Auxiliary of the Maimonides
But when two Britons are dead, innocent to the entire organization.
will sense this and agree with Dr. Silver civilians
Medical Society.
are
massacred,
Synagogues
are
JACOB H. SCHAKNE,
that "Men of goodwill seeking for peace
burned
and
near-pogroms
ravish
the
streets
Redondo Beach, Calif. I MRS. HAROLD I. GINSBERG.
will endeavor to keep the total picture in
mind in judging events and in assaying re- of Tel Aviv and Liverpool.
Can you reconcile these incongruities?
sponsipities."
Anil why should we expect the world to `Restricted Clientele' is Watchword
Certainly it will be difficult for them to
understand the failure of Britain to pre- shed a tear or two and cry shame when That Scorns Founders of Moral Law
vent its soldiers from running amok in a our own timid brethren fail to understand
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friendly city's streets and shooting down why a Jew, provoked beyond reason, raises
a finger in defense and reprisal, but do was proud to say. He knew a maybe that's all right too."
women and babes in cold blood!
understand why the Briton, also moved by nice place where the Zilch's He said his wife had com-
a spirit of revenge, murders and pillages could stay on their first stop- plained bitterly, and she had
"Shamdale Manor—golf course, had a headache about it all the
and burns?
Suggestion to the Church
next day for which aspirins
In urging the Christian Church to de-
clare hatred for minority groups a sin and
to bar anti-Semites from communion, Rabbi
William F. Rosenblum, president of the
Synagogue Council of America, Feints the
way to the church to help eradicate this
unholy pestilence with more than words.
"It will do more to destroy the age-old
crime of anti-Semitism than all the polite as-
surances of goodwill by creed leaders, which
the masses feel, are spoken 'for reasons of
policy,'" says Rabbi Rosenblum.
We indorse this view most emphatically.
Ignoring for the moment those sects which
teach hatred overtly, we respectfully suggest
to those churches which have in recent years
liberalized their social viewpoints to declare
canonically that anti-Semitism and kindred
hates are mortal sins, contrary to the com-
mandment of the Almighty that "Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself."
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We say this with full awareness that the
church proscribes hatred, enmity and perse-
cution. But let us point out that these gen-
eral prohibitions have not diminished anti-
Letters to the Editor
,
The Visiting Editor
Brandeis University
Despite the withdrawal of the names and
support of Albert Einstein, S. Ralph Laza-
rus and Professor Otto Nathan, it is good
to know the plans for Brandeis University
still go on.
It is shameful that the ,sponsors of the
university found it necessary to bring their
troubles to the press and the general pub-
lic. lIowever, within the founding and
building of any such structure of import
there are problems to be met and con-
quered, involving personalities, responsibili-
ties and scope of authority.
The withdrawal of a name as great as
Einstein's will have no effect on plans to
open the Liberal Arts section of the Uni-
versity in 1948 with 500 students.
THE JEWISH PRESS,
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Omah as Neb.
tennis courts and swimming
pool—just the thing for you,
Mr. Zilch."
The travel agent adjusted his
glasses, and brought the Sham-
dale Manor's circular close to
his eyes.
He blushed. He'. was apolo-
getic. 'He stammered. Finally he
got it out:
"It says here 'restricted clien-
tele'. You understand what that
means, Mr. Zilch. It's an out-
rage and I'm awfully sorry but
that's the way it is. I could ask
them for a reservation for you
but I don't like to embarras
you."
didn't do any good.
The aspirins having failed, Mr.
Zilch himself tried to comfort
her. Yes,' he told her, maybe
we should thank God for clerks
in the better hotels who don't
let us forget ourselves. A Jew
may want to forget it for awhile Ip
but there stands the hotel clerk
to remind him that he is Jew-
ish that they are the original
heirs of the Ten Command-
ments, the moral law, and per-
haps they should be doing some-
thing to help the moral' law
around in the world which bad-
ly needs it. . . .
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"That's us," said Mr. Zilch,
'WELL, , THAT'S THE WAY it "God bless the hotel clerks who
WELL
all along the vacation
journey Mr. Zilch was planning.
The Extravaganza Arms, The
Superduper, the Richemen's Inn,
all the better places.
Mr. Zilch reported the whole
matter to me in a mood of
remind us."
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liki6CUSSION GROUP PICNIC
The Wednesday Evening Dis-
cussion Group will hold a picnic
Wednesday, at Palmer Park.
the
philosophy . . . "You see," he Members should meet at
Jewish
Community
Center
at
va-
said, "there seems to be no
cation from being a Jew and 8:15 p.m.